Let's start at the beginning. Michael and I met on eharmony.com and got married about a year later on July 1, 2006. He is a naval officer, Public Affairs Officer, currently stationed on the USS Enterprise out of Norfolk, VA, although we live in Chesapeake. We lived in San Diego for about 3 yrs before moving here, and there I took all my prerequisite classes to go to nursing school. I've been accepted to a couple nursing programs here, which I am planning on starting in the Fall of 2010. I also went to cosmetology school in Ohio, just dabbling around in something fun :). I have yet to get my cos. license- big procrastinator here- but I do plan on doing that while we live in VA as well.

I found out I was pregnant in March of this year and had a wonderful (most of the time) pregnancy- free of any and all complications- and gaining about 35 lbs. Ethan Everett was born on Friday, November 13 at 1:53 AM. I had a vaginal birth and my labor lasted 13 hrs, and only pushed for 10 minutes! I did end up getting the epidural because I had to be induced (I was at 41 weeks +1) and that Pitocin kicks your butt. My desire was to have a medication free birth and to go into labor on my own, but I had to roll with the punches and stay flexible. I arrived at the hospital barely 1 cm dilated, so my body had a lot of work to do! I feel sooo thankful that things went as smoothly as they did and we are so blessed to have this incredible son. I will be posting more about details of my postpartum experience, breastfeeding, etc...